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Manchester · Hillsborough County · labor +1.2%
Siding replacement cost in Manchester, NH
A 1,500 sq ft siding job in vinyl siding comes to about $6,050 to $18,100 in Manchester once the national installed price is adjusted for what carpenters earn locally. The city's fee schedule names this work puts the permit at $120.72 for a job at the midpoint.
Figures checked October 20, 2026 · sources
- 1Vinyl, 1,500 sq ft $6,050–$18,100
- 2Labor index +1.2% vs US
- 3Manchester permit $120.72
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Siding replacement prices in Manchester by material
Each row starts from the installed price per square foot of wall published in a national cost guide, then moves only the labor part of that price by Manchester's labor index. For 1,500 sq ft:
| Material | National | Manchester | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl siding | $6,000–$18,000 | $6,050–$18,100 | $12,050 |
| Fiber cement siding | $9,000–$22,500 | $9,050–$22,600 | $15,800 |
| Engineered wood siding | $10,500–$18,000 | $10,550–$18,100 | $14,300 |
| Cedar siding | $9,000–$24,000 | $9,050–$24,100 | $16,550 |
By size
| Wall area to side (sq ft) | Manchester estimate | Permit at midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 sq ft | $4,000–$12,050 | $80.48 |
| 1,500 sq ft | $6,050–$18,100 | $120.72 |
| 2,000 sq ft | $8,050–$24,150 | $160.96 |
| 2,500 sq ft | $10,050–$30,200 | $201.20 |
Vinyl siding.
Permit fee in Manchester
Named in the schedule The fee schedule names this kind of work.
“Repair or Replacement (Fire, Roofing, Siding, etc.) [permit type listed on the city's building permit application]”
“For alterations, renovations or repairs to existing buildings and structures, the permit fee shall be the estimated cost of the work multiplied by .010.”
“a minimum permit fee of $30.00 for all permits requiring inspections.”
Applied to a 1,500 sq ft siding job estimated at $6,050 to $18,100, that gives $60.36 to $181.08, about 1% of the midpoint price. Among the 10 towns on this site whose schedules cover this work, Manchester ranks 5 from the cheapest; Newport is lowest at $100 and Lebanon highest at $160.65 for its own midpoint job.
Schedule: Building Code of the City of Manchester, Sec. 109.8 Fee Schedule; Heating Permit application (adopted July 6, 2021). The building department decides whether a permit is required and what valuation it accepts; the national guide puts siding job permits at $30–$200.
Why Manchester differs from the national price
Manchester is in Hillsborough County, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metropolitan area. The median wage there for carpenters is $29.47 an hour against $29.12 nationally, so the labor part of a national price is scaled by 1.012 (+1.2%).
On this job the labor portion is $3,000 to $9,000 at national rates and $3,050 to $9,100 at Manchester rates, so the midpoint rises $70 above the national figure. Against the New Hampshire statewide wage it is $10 higher. Materials are priced at the national figure: shingle, lumber and equipment prices are set by distributors, not by a town.
A second published benchmark points the same way for the region: Remodeling's 2025 Cost vs Value report prices its “Siding Replacement, Vinyl” job at $17,950 nationally and $17,600 in New England, and its “Siding Replacement, Fiber-Cement” job at $21,500 nationally and $20,700 in New England. Those are fixed specification jobs, not per-square-foot prices, so they are shown for comparison only.
Manchester at a glance
Manchester had 117,556 residents in the state's 2025 estimate, up 7.3% from 109,565 in 2010, about the same pace as New Hampshire as a whole (7.5%). At 3,587 people per square mile it is one of the most built-up places on this site (1 of 19 by density), so crews often work on tight lots with neighbours close by.
48.7% of Manchester's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, fewer than the 72.8% statewide, and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $365,600 (New Hampshire: $402,500). The midpoint estimate for this siding job works out to 3.3% of that median value.
Taking off the old siding
Remove the old siding adds $0.70 to $2 per sq ft nationally (“$0.70 to $2.00 per square foot (old siding removal)”). That work is all labor, so at Manchester's index it is $1,050 to $3,050 for 1,500 sq ft, on top of the estimate above.
Before asking for quotes
- The Manchester building department can say for free whether this job needs a permit and what it will cost; the schedule linked above is its own published document.
- Written quotes that list the same scope (area, material line, removal, disposal, permit) can be compared line by line; the quote comparison guide walks through it with these numbers.
- A quote far below $6,050 or above $18,100 is not wrong in itself, but it is worth asking what it includes or leaves out.
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Siding replacement in nearby towns
| Town | Labor area | Estimate | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $6,750–$20,200 | $144.15 |
| Exeter | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $6,750–$20,200 | $117.25 |
| Lebanon | Northern NH | $6,050–$18,100 | $160.65 |
| Londonderry | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $6,750–$20,200 | $132.60 |
| Newport | Southwestern NH | $5,950–$17,900 | $100 |
More: all siding replacement town pages · permit fees by town · labor costs in New Hampshire
Sources
- Installed price: HomeGuide: Siding cost (Oct 29, 2025) — “Vinyl $4 – $12 (installed, per sq ft)”.
- Labor portion: HomeGuide: Siding cost (Oct 29, 2025) — “$2 to $6 per square foot (siding labor)”.
- Labor index: O*NET OnLine, Carpenters (47-2031.00), New Hampshire local wages; area definitions: BLS, May 2025 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions.
- Permit: Building Code of the City of Manchester, Sec. 109.8 Fee Schedule; Heating Permit application.
- Population: NH Office of Planning and Development, 2025 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns (published July 17, 2026); housing: Census QuickFacts, Manchester.
All figures checked October 20, 2026. Estimates are ranges built from published averages, not quotes; a contractor's price depends on the house, access, the season and the scope written into the quote. Cost by Town does not perform or arrange work.